The way I read it, it means the agreement starts next year (becuase Universal has it through this season) and continues UNTIL the 2017-18 season. So basically Ice Network has the rights for 2013-2014 through AND INCLUDING 2017-2018

The ISU agreement with icenetwork.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Figure Skating, operated and managed by MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), covers multiple distribution platforms and guarantees live coverage of ISU events, including the World Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Championships and the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, on icenetwork.com, as well as television coverage on NBC, NBC Sports Network and Universal Sports.

Also, I get the sense that icenetwork, in turn is extending rights to, NBC Universal, which owns NBC, NBC Sports Network and a minority interest in Universal Sports:

Approximately 20 hours of icenetwork.com's ISU figure skating rights will be shown on NBC annually, including the world championships in primetime during non-Olympic years, and the ISU Grand Prix Series. ISU events will also be seen on cable television, with NBC Sports Network showing select coverage of ISU speed skating events, including the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships and the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships. Universal Sports will continue to expand its coverage of all ISU events, with more than 50 hours of programming dedicated to figure skating and speed skating annually, including the World Figure Skating Championships, European Figure Skating Championships, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Grand Prix Series and select speed skating competitions.

Just wanted to let you know that there is an important change to the Eurosport schedule for tomorrow's skating coverage. I have posted it in the Eurosport thread, but have quoted it below:

Originally Posted by CaroLiza_fan

Originally Posted by seniorita

except for portugese eurosport , why are the showing only 1 hour of men sp?

Because I took the schedules from Eurosport's website 10 days ago and, Eurosport being Eurosport, they have changed their schedules since then! But, we can celebrate instead of complain because, instead of showing highlights as originally planned, they are now showing the Men's SP live!!!

So, mikiandorocks' times for the Men's Short on Eurosport Portugal tomorrow are the same for the other versions too:

Eurosport International, Deutschland and France (All times CET)

Friday 8th February 2013
ESP2 11:30 – 14:00 Men Short Programme LIVE

British Eurosport (All times GMT)

Friday 8th February 2013
BES2 10:30 – 13:00 Men Short LIVE

Just shows that it is not always a good thing to be quick off the ball!

CaroLiza_fan

Don't worry, I will not be double-posting like I did during the Euros!

Firstly, why were they allowing 1hr45m for a Pairs SP that only had 8 entries?! OK, so there was 1 last-minute withdrawal, reducing it to 7 competitors. But that would only have removed 5 minutes from the competition’s total length!

Similarly, why were they allowing 1hr45m for highlights of a Short Dance that only had 13 entries?! Like, the live competition was barely 1hr45m, and Eurosport were always going to be taking out the resurfacing

And finally, why was the coverage of the Men’s Short due to start a full hour after the competition was due to start?

This all started me wondering – was there a last-minute change in the competition schedule?

Whatever happened, my advice for the rest of the championships is this: get up early and put on a foreign stream before the competition is due to start. At the same time, put Eurosport 2 on somewhere (be it on the TV or in another window), and keep one eye on it for the coverage to start. And once it does start, DON’T LEAVE IT UNTIL THE COVERAGE IS OVER!!!

Originally Posted by dorispulaski

I had good luck with this Britsh Eurosport feed

Incidentally, I will no longer be posting links to live streams. I had been using the same website for live steams of Eurosport for over a year. During the Europeans, I posted links to the website in my reminders before every competition. And, the following week, the website closed down!

Admittedly, the website is back up under a different name. But, I don’t want to risk it being removed again.

I have DirecTV and Universal Sports. But US doesn't always let me watch online. I was able to see the Dance and Pairs Short, but US somehow decided I wasn't entitled to watch the men. So I went onto TVTeka and watched the men on Eurosport2.

Pairs starts in about an hour an a half from now. About 8:50 Mountain time.

I'm watching the Universal Sports broadcast of Men's free right now. Almost no commentary at all. I'm sure they did it to save money but I love it. I'm not sure who the woman is but she seems to know a bit about skating - pronounces the names correctly at least. The information she includes is just right - the scores, the placings, the coach, the music. I would be happy if all skating broadcasts were like this.